Verse (Click for Chapter)English Standard VersionNot that I am speaking of being in need, for I have learned in whatever situation I am to be content.American Standard VersionNot that I speak in respect of want: for I have learned, in whatsoever state I am, therein to be content.Be...
But Calvin struggled to remember the verse, illuminating the deep challenge of balancing usability and security. Mind the Org Chart G.R.O.S.S. offered a final, valuable lesson—the danger posed by vague, shifting or tangled lines of authority. Calvin may have been “Dictator for Life” of...
Twixmasfeels both charmed and bizarre for several reasons, some if not most of which can be attributed to the simple disruption of routine, as you take a break from your regular schedule (many people travel or take vacation days; kids are out of school; some businesses close). Other reason...
No matter where she is, her eyes go to the thing that one of the grandchildren “would just love. We have to get this.” More often than not, we do. It appears that Papaw’s Rule (“When we go in the store we don’t ask for anything, or, you’ll go to the car until I’m...
Than have the[38] white breasts of the queen of love: From[39] Venice shall they drag huge argosies, And from America the golden fleece That yearly stuffs old Philip’s treasury; If learned Faustus will be resolute. FAUSTUS. Valdes, as resolute am I in this As thou to live: therefore...
I have heard that he wrote sundry small occasional pieces, but only one of them was printed, which I saw now many years since. It was written in 1675, in the home-spun verse of that time and people, and addressed to those then concerned in the government there. It was in favor of...
5. Which of the following is NOT mentioned by Laura as something Americans have a difficult time doing? A. Criticizing President Bush. B. Having family members deployed in Iraq. C. Worrying about their family members in Iraq. D. Watching American troops in Iraq. ...
Emily Dickinson’s riddle-poem "I have a Bird in spring" features the speaker’s musing on her ability to sense existence beyond the earthly, material level of physical reality. She also expresses her confidence that the "Bird" she possesses is not one t
(I don’t need no stinkin’ calendar tellingmewhat to do.) That being said, I am thankful for my father, and I am blessed to be a father. What I have learned as a father is that you never stop being a parent. I am just as concerned, protective, and as proud of my adult son...
I may be losing my grip, but I’m still holding on to hope. One of my favorite books of the Bible is Ecclesiastes for its practical and, often, blunt advice. Here’s my verse for today: “But he who is joined with all the living has hope, for a living dog is better than a de...